Where: Algeria (35.6° N, 0.9° E: paleocoordinates 28.1° N, 3.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)
• Gracilis Zone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: F. Atrops and Y. Alméras. 2005. Les Brachiopodes du Callovien de l'Ouarsenis (Tell algérien): paléontologie, biostratigraphie et paléoenvironnements. Revue de Paléobiologie 24(2):563-595 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 60025: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.04.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
"Rhynchonella" (? Lacunosella) acutiloba Deslongchamps 1856 listed as "Rhynchonella" (?Lacunosella) acutiloba
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Caucasella rectecostata Uhlig 1881 | |
Wattonithyris cf. roettingensis Rollier 1918 | |
Aromasithyris ameuri n. sp.
Aromasithyris ameuri n. sp. Atrops and Alméras 2005 | |
Linguithyris vicaria Szajnocha 1881 |